What drives management decisions and grain yield variability in Mesoamerican maize cropping systems? Evidence from small-scale farmers in southern Mexico

Germán Wies, Armando Navarrete-Segueda, Eliane Ceccon, John Larsen and Miguel Martinez-Ramos

Agricultural Systems, 2022, vol. 198, issue C

Abstract: Small-scale cropping systems face enormous challenges in obtaining efficient, stable and predictable responses to grain yields due to their great biophysical, management and socioeconomic complexity. In Mesoamerica, traditional managements have incorporated modern agricultural practices; however, the efficacy of these tools on grain yield and systems´ sustainability is unknown. We explored biophysical, agronomic and socioeconomic drivers determining the maize cropping system and grain yield in Southern Mexico.

Keywords: Traditional cropping systems; Structural equation models; Socioeconomic drivers; Agronomic drivers; Biophysical drivers; Chiapas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103370

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